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Complete-proteome mapping of human influenza A adaptive mutations: implications for human transmissibility of zoonotic strains.
PloS one - 3 Feb 2010
Miotto Olivo, Heiny A T, Albrecht Randy, García-Sastre Adolfo, Tan Tin Wee, August J Thomas, Brusic Vladimir
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is widespread concern that H5N1 avian influenza A viruses will emerge as a pandemic threat, if they become capable of human-to-human (H2H) transmission. Avian strains lack this capability, which suggests that it requires important adaptive mutations. We performed a large-scale c...
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